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2023 Utah Code
Title 30 - Husband and Wife
Chapter 1 - Marriage
Section 4.5 - Validity of marriage not solemnized.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 30-1-4.5 (2023)
Effective 5/5/2021
30-1-4.5. Validity of marriage not solemnized.
Amended by Chapter 186, 2021 General Session
30-1-4.5. Validity of marriage not solemnized.
- (1) A marriage which is not solemnized according to this chapter shall be legal and valid if a court or administrative order establishes that the marriage arises out of a contract between a man and a woman who:
- (a) are of legal age and capable of giving consent;
- (b) are legally capable of entering a solemnized marriage under the provisions of this chapter;
- (c) have cohabited;
- (d) mutually assume marital rights, duties, and obligations; and
- (e) who hold themselves out as and have acquired a uniform and general reputation as husband and wife.
- (2)
- (a) A petition for an unsolemnized marriage shall be filed during the relationship described in Subsection (1), or within one year following the termination of that relationship.
- (b) Evidence of a marriage recognizable under this section may be manifested in any form, and may be proved under the same general rules of evidence as facts in other cases.
Amended by Chapter 186, 2021 General Session
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